Pause

It's been one thing after another lately, and I just want to PAUSE...and reflect, even if just for a few minutes (because I need to pack for our trip tomorrow!).

Since my ten-day stint away from home for training, a lot has happened.  We bought a house (fewer than three weeks elapsed between the house going on the market and our closing), moved in, and I did my first trial.  Oh, and we took in a single mom to live in our home for the next four months (but without the baby, who is in a different state...long story).  Talk about...whew.

It's been good. 

The house has been such a blessing.  It is beautiful and practical, in the ideal location (for us), and came furnished (I know--whaaa???) in exactly the style that I love.  It came with stuffed animals (hello! Match made in heaven!), including an elephant that is the exact twin of Junior's favorite stuffie from her first daycare.  It came with the same drinking glasses that we received for our wedding but broke during our second move.  It has a little yard where I can plant wildflowers.  It has oodles and oodles of natural light.  It is perfect for us, and such an amazing blessing.  We are incredibly thankful at how generous God was in giving this to us.

The move was fairly uneventful...for me.  :-p  Mr. Squire the long-suffering servant leader took care of most of it.  Our third move in 20 months (and my 15th or so in 15 years).  And our last one! YAY!

Trial is still going.  But it is almost over.  

The single mom living with us was unexpected and sudden.  But we felt like God had given us this house just in time to meet her needs.  So it was a leap of faith (we didn't even know her last name until three days before she moved in), and so far things are fine. It's a stretching experience for me to share my emotional space with someone who isn't family; I'm an introvert and especially with working on trial, I'm just tired/preoccupied most of the time.  But it's been good and we continue to walk in faith that this is the right thing to do at this time.

In other news, Junior is super-fun and has finally decided that she's willing to wear sunglasses.  She is starting to talk more (more recent words include "hot," which sounds like "ahch"), is very expressive about most things, and is showing more interest in coloring (probably thanks to her wonderful teacher at school!).  She is also pushing boundaries more, but almost always does a great job correcting her behavior when you tell her "no, let's try that again."  She's a joy and a gift.  We are so thankful for her!

Mr. Squire continues to be the best life partner ever.  I think the stress of the move was hard for us, but now we're more relaxed and back to our usual selves.  :)

Unpause...packing time!